So, I’ve grown quite fond of the first Apple Mac I’ve ever owned, a 17″ MBP (MacBook Pro). I figure it is high time to write a little bit about it. However, I’m quite nervous doing so as I don’t want to come across as a “fan boy” but instead just provide some honest feedback about my experiences. So with a little reluctance, I’ll provide a summary of my Mac experiences.

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I’ve got to make a decision on a Linux Distribution to use when setting up some new machines to be Python Web Application servers. The question isn’t the Python part — that’s a given because I actively want to explore that. The question is what is a good platform for basing a [...]

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Well, today I played my first game of poker since, well, probably since at least last summer. Being nervous about my play I only did a play-money NLHM (No-Limit Hold’Em) SNG (Sit-N-Go) as I was struggling to even remember what the hand rankings were. Clearly it has been too long! Anyway, [...]

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Runlevels (a Unix concept) are a way for system administrators to identify what services / daemons should be running at any given time. For example, runlevel 1 is generally used for doing maintenance that can only be done when there are no other users on the system, no network services are running, and there [...]

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